detinueritis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detineo, detinere, detinui, detentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
detain, hold; hold off, keep away (from); hold prisoner; retain; occupy;; hold/keep back (from use); keep, cause to remain; reserve; delay end, protract;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 2ndpl. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...esse deos, si festinatis totiens tibi lecta libellis detinuere oculos carmina nostra tuos, quod fortuna uetat fieri permitte..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...maris Sirenes erant, quae voce canora Quamlibet admissas detinuere rates. His sua Sisyphides auditis paene resolvit Corpora..."
